Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2021
- Clinical Internship: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 2018
- Ph.D.: Georgia State University, 2018
Areas of Clinical Interest
Treatment of child & adolescent anxiety; diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders in toddlers
Research Interests
Development of moral emotions and behaviors in early childhood and ways in which aberrant moral development contribute to risk for psychopathology
Recent Publications
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Preadolescent Benefits of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy Emotion Development for Preschool Depression: 4-Year Follow-Up
Elansary, M., Barch, D. M., Tillman, R., Dandrea, C. B., Vogel, A. C., Donohue, M. R., Hennefield, L., Gilbert, K. & Luby, J. L., May 2026, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 65, 5, p. 669-684 16 p.
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Evidence for decreased maladaptive guilt following PCIT-ED for depression as measured by story stem narratives: a promising method for preschool self-disclosure of emotions and experiences of parenting
Ellis, J., Luby, J., Agrawal, A., Freeman, A., Gilbert, K., Whalen, D., Tillman, R. & Donohue, M. R., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Early Emotion Development Intervention Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Low-Income, High-Risk Community Children
Hennefield, L., Alberts, K., Donohue, M. R., Tillman, R., McCoy, A., Diggs, G., Paul, Z. A., Kohl, P. L. & Luby, J. L., Oct 2025, In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 56, 5, p. 1457-1471 15 p.
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Editorial: The pressing need to investigate the effects of media immersion in early childhood on brain and behavioral development
Donohue, M. R., Camacho, M. C. & Luby, J., Sep 2025, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 66, 9, p. 1301-1303 3 p.
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Characteristics Differentiating Preadolescents With Suicidal Ideation From Those Who Display Suicidal Behaviors
Hennefield, L., Donohue, M. R., Hoyniak, C. P., Whalen, D. J., Thompson, R. J., Tillman, R., Luby, J. L. & Barch, D. M., Aug 2025, In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 55, 4, e70040.